Updated May 9, 2008 at 09:00 am
USARM would like to extend best wishes for a full recovery to USARM members Tim Pollack and Tony Novack. Both were injured in a non-USARM event on-track incident at Thunderhill on May 3rd. Get well soon guys!!
Please do NOT send flowers at this time as they are not allowed in the ICU rooms. However, you can send cards and well wishes in their names to :
Enloe Hospital
1531 Esplanade
Chico, California 95926
You can also send an email card through Enloe Hospital.
You can now download the application for the MotoGP race at Laguna Seca. Just visit the MotoGP page. There is also a list there of those that hav3e submitted their applications to work the MotoGP event. If you haven't submitted your application for the MotoGP event yet, please do so soon so we know that we have enough people to work the event.
If you were looking for information regarding working the WSBK/AMA event on May 29 through June 1, 2008 at Miller Motorsports Park. We have information to contact Miller Motorsports Park about working the event.
The forum software was updated but it was necessary to change the location of the files for the update to happen. If you have previously bookmarked the Forums or if you happened to add the Forums to your favorites, please be sure to update them.
The April 2008 Grid is now available online.
There have been some slight changes made to the USARM website, actually the menu. The applications, bylaws, guestbook (old), history, manual, minutes from board meetings and the red candle story can now be found under the new menu option, Documents. The menu has been modified with a few items/categories moving or disappearing.
In the near future there will be photo albums added as well as improvements and new areas for the USARM online. The photo album for the 2007 MotoGP has been added. Please feel free to contact the webmaster with any questions, comments or suggestions.
USARM Election Results
The results are in and you've made your voice heard!
We had 71 ballots returned. There are 3 director positions available. Below are the names from the election followed by the number of votes each candidate received.
Candidates on the ballot:
Jan Weaver - 56
Kati James - 46
Ken Berri - 45
Steve Yzunza - 36
Write In Votes
Carl Sloan - 10
Chris Vlastelica - 1
Norm Bechtold - 1
Rudi Guliani - 1
No Votes - 16
Thank you to everyone who voted in the election.
The 2006 worker awards that were awarded at the banquet on March 24th
Martin Illgen Worker of the Year – Rene Pedrosa
Jim Thurston Communicator of the Year - Sandy Silviera
On Course Worker of the Year – Greg Cupp
Off Course Worker of the Year – Phil Guerrero
Rookie of the Year – Rusty Williams
Stan Pulos Memorial "Good Guy" Award - Guy Aronson
USARM Lifetime Achievement Award - Ron Cowen
Congratulations to all!
The forums have been changed to a different "brand" and should work better for everyone. We encourage everyone to participate. Have a suggestion for the board? Post it on the forums and it can be discussed by all so that the board knows what we, the members want. The only way for the board to more effective is to know how the members feel about issues.
So, head over to the forums, sign up and post your comments and suggestions or just jump into some of the other categories and post your opinions about the various racing series. If there's not a category for what you'd like to talk about, just make sure you're logged into the forums and start it.
The 2006 MotoGP World Championship at Laguna Seca is now in the history books. USARM would like to thank all who came out and worked this event, making it the huge success that it was. We will soon have photo galleries here on the USARM website with pictures taken by various folks during the event. If you have any pictures from the event that you would like to sbmit, please contact the USARM webmaster.
If you're interested in joining USARM or would like USARM to help with a track event, feel free to contact us. We can also be reached via snail mail at Post Office Box 3682, Salinas California 93912.
There is now a password protected area here on the USARM website, the "Member List" where current USARM members can view the contact information for the USARM board as well as other members that have entered their contact information. If you'd like to be able to view this information you must supply a username and password that you'd like to use. When you are verified as a current USARM member and receive confirmation of your username and password, you can then view the contact information as well as supply your information for others to view. Sign up here for the password protected area. If you've already signed up and have a password, you can view the Member Contact Information page. You can submit your information for inclusion in the Member Contact Information page.
USARM also has an email list that is used to get information to the members quickly. It's also another avenue for the USARM members to disucss various club issues, past or upcoming events, etc. Please remember that the USARM email list isn't for personal conversations, etc. Please keep those discussions in personal emails. If you have not already signed up for the USARM email list, please sign up here.
Welcome to the newly designed online home of USARM, we hope you like it. While not everything is completely finished just yet, it was decided to put it forth to the masses so you could enjoy the new layout/design.
Please contact the USARM Webmaster with any problems or comments regarding the new design.
